Folding table.



H. R. REISCHMANNi FOLDING TABLE. APPLICATION man on. 6. 1915.

1 203,783. l xtented Nov. 7, 1916.

72 [5 A TTORNE Y HENRY R. REISGHNIANN, OF NEW YORK, Y.

FOLDING TABLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. '7, 1916.

Application filed October 6, 1915. Serial No. 54,371.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY R. Rnison- MANN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at New. York, in the county of the Bronx and State ofNew York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Folding Tables,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to folding tables and has as its principal objectto provide sim 1e and inexpensive means for attaching fol g legs to atable top in such a way that each pair of legs may be folded or extendedby one operation; a further object of the invention is to provide suchmeans which are easy to operate and inconspicugusk on account of theircomparatively small With the foregoing and other objects in view, theinvention consists in the particular construction, combinatlon andarrangement of parts hereinafter more specifically described andillustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a fractional perspective view of a table constructedaccording to my invention, in an inverted position. Figs. 2 and 3 arefractional side elevational views of a part of my device, on an enlargedscale, showing the leg inits extended and folded position, respectively.Fig. 4 is a plan view of one of the springs used in my device, detachedfrom the latter.

The same .part is designated by the same reference character throughoutthe several views.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, B is a table top in eithercorner of which a pair of brackets such as A are mounted. Each pair ofbrackets A carries, pivoted thereto by a pin 0, a leg 0. The legs areconnected in pairs by, cross pieces D. The pivoted ends of the legs Care provided, at their inner faces and tops, with lugs E and E,respectively. These lugs are ada ted to be engaged, alternately, by aspring which I is provided with a hole f for that purpose,

and is secured to the table top so as to project between the pair ofbrackets A, interpressed against the table top by one hand,

whereupon both legs forming the respective pair will be releasedsimultaneously and may be folded up parallel to the table top by theother hand, the two legs being connected to each other.and thus eitherone of them following the movements of the other. When folded up, thesprings F will engage the lugs E and thereby hold the legs firmly.

It will be understood that while I have thus shown and described thepreferred form of embodiment of my invention, I do not want to belimited to its mechanical details, but may resort to such alterationsand modifications as come within the scope of the claim hereuntoappended.

.I claim:

In a folding table, brackets having two side pieces each, at rightangles with the table top, mounted in the corners thereof, a legpivotally mounted in each of said brackets, a fiat spring mounted infront of each of said brackets, projectingbetween the side piecesthereof, between the table top and the upper end of the leg, a hole insaid spring, two lugs carried by each of said legs adapted to be engagedby said hole in the spring in the extended and folded positions of theleg, respectively, and means connecting said springs in airs forsimultaneous operation of each palr, substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

HENRY R. REISCHMANN.

